2017 Fletcher-Morrow Shield Match

The 2017 Fletcher-Morrow Shield Match was held between the Geelong and Ballarat Chess Clubs at the Geelong Chess Club Rooms, 33 Myers Street, Geelong with clocks starting at 1pm on Sunday, 13th August, 2017.

The Home Team (Geelong) played White on the odd numbered boards, and came away with the honors, winning 6.5 to 3.5 on the top ten boards.

Individual and Club results can be see below:

Board

White

Black

Result

Won by Club

1

Binh Nguyen

Jean-George Estiot

1-0

G

2

Heath Gooch

Michael Sugrue

0-1

G

3

Alistair Anderson

Rob Loveband

0.5

–

4

Rodney Jacobs

Reza Daneshvar

0-1

G

5

Zoran Babic

Patrick Cook

0.5

–

6

Kevin Perrin

Geoff Barber

1-0

B

7

Mio Ristic

Rob Bailey

0.5

–

8

Cassandra Barnett

Rod Hessing

0-1

G

9

Andrew Wemyss

Ruari Coffey

0-1

B

10

Caitlin Barnett

Owen Courtis

0-1

G

11

Geoff Davis

Jasan Barnett

1-0

–

12

Sue Ryan

Jack Smith

0-1

–

13

Connor Liu

Chantelle Barnett

1-0

–

It was a great day of chess, with friendly but spirited competition between the two long-standing rivals.

Geelong will travel to Ballarat in 2018 to defend the Fletcher-Morrow Shield.